The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe joins 4,000 clubs across the country with a focus on making sure youth have the support and motivation to stay in school and graduate from high school. The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe will continue to ensure that our youth know that pursuing a higher […]
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• On a motion by then City Councilman Bill Crawford, the South Lake Tahoe City Council on a 5-0 vote shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, approved $2,500 be sent to New York City for relief efforts. • El Dorado County supervisors will visit Tahoe for their only 2011 meeting at the lake on Oct. 11 […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is looking for volunteers to assist during the annual kokanee salmon run in October. Prospective volunteers can submit a resume and learn more at an informative session on Sept. 21 at 6:30pm at the Forest Supervisor’s Office in South Lake Tahoe. Volunteers will answer visitor questions […]
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Publisher’s note: The following is a letter El Dorado County Auditor-Controller Joe Harn wrote to the Board of Supervisors. Dear Board Members: The purpose of this letter is to document my concerns about our County Department of Transportation’s culture and financial management. The current DOT Director inherited a bloated administrative staff and a culture where […]
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By Jim Dwyer, New York Times For one instant on the morning of Sept. 11, an airliner that had vanished from all the tracking tools of modern aviation suddenly became visible in its final seconds to the people who had been trying to find it. It was just after 9am, 16 minutes after a plane […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a 12-part series running from Sept. 1-12 about how Lake Tahoe is tied to 9/11. By Kathryn Reed Now I understand why “Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion” cannot be read all at once. It is so emotionally charged that it requires the reader to pause […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Eduardo Sencion was on medications for some sort of mental illness. He came from a close-knit family who lived in three houses in the Carson City area, and he went to high school in South Lake Tahoe. But despite hours of interviews with Sencion’s family and searches of their homes, […]
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Friends of the Library is sponsoring an autumn wreath-making workshop with Anna McLeod on Oct. 1 at noon. Bring the following supplies: Wreath frame: sturdy wire, grapevine or straw. 2 spools florists’ green paddle wire Wire cutters and scissors or garden clippers 2-3 grocery sacks of 6-8 inch pieces of plant materiel: sagebrush, laurel, dried […]
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NV Energy is accepting solar energy rebate applications from Sept. 16-28. Rebates for projects range from $1.70 per watt for residential customers and up to $4.70 per watt for schools and public buildings. A lottery will be conducted Sept. 30. Applications are available online.
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Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation is accepting applications for enrichment grants. The foundation has changed the period for acceptance of grant applications to twice a year. Grant applications for the fall are due Oct. 7, while spring applications are due March 3. Last year the grants funded anti-bullying programs, enrichment clubs, Mad Science Program, music visiting […]
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